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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NurseMeeks and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9849568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849568) [\#9937052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9937052)) - Another point is the bans on **substances**. Un autre point concerne les **substances** interdites. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 402154) - Excluded and restricted **substances** **Substances** exclues ou soumises à restrictions ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4181824) - **Substances** < PDWS below site. **Substances** < PDWS en dessous du site. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 25181645) - Do you use any illegal **substances**? Consommez-vous des **substances** illicites ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NurseMeeks and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9849568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849568) [\#9937050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9937050)) ## matières Used about 19 820 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 70 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 550 · UN documents ≈ 17 200). - It is there that it is decided how to use and store **substances** and how to dispose of waste. C'est là que sont décidés le mode d'utilisation des **matières**, leur stockage et le mode d'élimination des déchets. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1734681) - Pectic **substances**, pectinates and pectates **Matières** pectiques, pectinates et pectates ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 337915) - Elevated temperature **substances** 65 and 66 **Matières** transportées à haute température 65 - 66 ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8390902) - fabrics finished with normal dressings having a basis of amylaceous or similar **substances**; les tissus ayant subi les apprêts normaux de finissage à base de **matières** amylacées ou de matières analogues; ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4392097) - Packing of **substances** of Class 8, 32° (marginal 2801) Emballage des **matières** du 32° de la classe 8 (marginal 2801) ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 3236928) ## chimiques Used about 140 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 140). - A hundred and twenty-nine chemical **substances** had to be regulated. 129 produits **chimiques** devaient faire l'objet d'une réglementation. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 10479) - We are already aware of the harmful effects of certain chemical **substances** on groundwater and rivers. Nous connaissons d'ores et déjà les effets néfastes de certains produits **chimiques** sur les nappes phréatiques et sur les rivières. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1190692) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - A list has been compiled, containing 400 **substances** which produce clear risks for the environment. Une liste de 400 produits qui présentent des dangers évidents pour l'environnement a été établie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 10603) - The common position includes mandatory labelling, but states also that these **substances** could be exempted in the future, should scientific evidence provide justification for such action. La position commune prévoit un étiquetage obligatoire mais elle stipule également que lesdits produits pourraient être exemptés à l'avenir si des preuves scientifiques venaient étayer cette hypothèse. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 476132) - I agree with you, Mr Bautista Ojeda: top sportsmen and women who are not "clean" , who use **substances** from outside sport in order to win, do set a bad example. Je suis d' accord avec l' honorable parlementaire : les grands sportifs qui ne sont pas " clean ", qui utilisent des éléments extérieurs au sport pour gagner donnent le mauvais exemple. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2014277) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. 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